fossa
Meaning of fossa
noun
a shallow depression or hollow.
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘ditch’, feminine past participle of fodere ‘to dig’.
noun
a large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal of the civet family, found in the rainforests of Madagascar.
mid 19th century: from Malagasy fosa .
Information about fossa
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fossa is: fossas.
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Hyphenation of fossa
fossa
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- fossa is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
fossa synonyms
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Words that rhyme with fossa
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